Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-01-01

FAM AND RA,scss.
Bu6hel cEa4es With Glatted 10 - f
handy dsvice fr handling pooaNcoa
apples. OF for storing them. WI
filed they may be piled one Over snolk
er or SIX test high. These do away VII
bins IN the cellar.
See that your horses castls and fbv]r
have variety Of food. You reooeriro
on your own table the neoessity> for :
change Of diet. Rsmember that yoor
stock will appreciate change = readily
as yourself
Don't be deceived IN feeding corn
meal to mich COWS. Feed freely, Is e
first increases the milk flow, but son
goes to fat and lessons the milk. Many
valuable COW has been Injured b. over
feeding in this way.
Some easy mixers win suddsnly b.
come hard milkera Probably nothing
will produce this effect quicker than
dragging the udder through mud o.
muddy water. The COW NAV vado
through mud to drink or in crossing
spring run, and the same applicafiun
for one that milks too easy and leaks h
milk would be far better than alum N
ter or oak bark tea. Il viii make The
skin as rough as toad's back in ahort
time.
There is no reason for having bar
rem yard or lawn in winter. Some kind
OF choice evergreens, ornamental tree
or shrubs should be planted. A hedge
along the front and on the borders Of
the walks will give an attractive appear
ance at all seasons.
The authorities at Hartford, Conn,
are reported as "well pleased with carp
as reservoir cleaners. The fab in two
years completely cleaned one reservoir
of all vegetable growth, and have been
transferred to another"
DR.. Fisher finds that auimal manure
makes strong grape vines, but not much
fruit, and tenos to induce rot and mil
dew. On the other hand, he finds pot
ash and superphosphats to have quite
the opposite effect, producing q large
amount of fruit of superior quality.
It is claimed that lettuce planted
early in the spring between the rows Of
strawberry plants will protect the latter
from the ravages of white grubs, which
prefer the roots of the lettuce ~ those OF
the strawberry.
Successful New Jersey gardeners sp-
ply annually about ten tons of wel.-rot-
ted barnyard manure per acre to their
strawberry fields, putting it on late in
the fall just before hard freeze.
To protect watermelon plants from
bugs, South Carolina grower recon-
mends charcoal dust, or coal-kiln dirt,
busting about pint over each hill when
The plants ara young.
Destroying beetle is equal to killing
fifty grubs. When meadows become In
tested, it is well to turn in the hogs and
let then. root. They will destroy thou
sands of grubs.
The currant worm shoul be DESTROYED
while small with dust Of hellebore or
pyrethum. The latter, being perfectly
harmless, is to be more highly recon-
mended.
San Diego county, CAL, boasts a tree
which grows nowhere else in the world
It is called the Pinus Torreyana, and il
found only within limited area in the
county.
Sheep will eat nearly all kinds OF
weeds and may be made to do good
service in some fields. They should how
aver, always be given feed of grain at
night.
Lay of the walkwsys, ard have them
made hard with gravel The grass plots
adjoining may be worked over and re-
,owed and the locations for next seasons
lowerbeds arranged.
It is useless to hope to- destroy the
scidity Of certain soils by the sppli,a-
ion Of lime and other supposed correc-
ives; only drainage viii accomplish II.
During the last year 12071, 218 cwts
If wheat went direct from India to En-
gland, 1861, 583 to Belgium, and Z, 145,-
313 to France.
Warm and cold milk should not b
mixed. The new milk should be nd
# its animal hest before adding it to
hat Of previous milkings.
Sulphur and old tobacco leaves burned
n the poultry house, the house being
losed perfectly tight, will clean out the
ed lice.
A correspondent Of the Rural Nesc
1orker has found onion roots a foot long
nd still growing down, though too fns 5
o follow.
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